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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 87851, member: 27"]
A court already sided with the workers, yet Otjiwarongo Municipality is still sitting on over N$30 million in unpaid salary adjustments from a 2014 directive.

The original 2014 salary directive
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[*]A ministry letter told six municipalities to bump C4 salaries by N$7,475.
[*]C4 was the lowest pay grade, sitting below the minimum entry level.
[*]Only one technical-engineer role in the D band qualified for an upgrade.
[*]No blanket promotion of D1 and D2 employees to D3 was authorized.
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How management allegedly botched it
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[*]D1 and D2 bands got abolished and rolled into D3 instead.
[*]C4 workers only saw roughly N$2,000 in adjustments.
[*]Sem Tuaanda says he didn't even hear about the directive until 2017.
[*]Shop stewards were never looped in to spread the word.
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Court victory that means nothing yet
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[*]Workers dragged the municipality to the Labour Court in 2021.
[*]Last year's ruling ordered full implementation and back pay.
[*]Tuaanda, now retired, says his N$1.7 million remains unpaid.
[*]Another anonymous employee claims the municipality owes them N$1.4 million.
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Management's response and current stalemate
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[*]CEO Mberipura Hifitikeko called the employees unnecessary last Thursday.
[*]Hifitikeko acknowledged the court award but cited an ongoing case.
[*]Workers allege the previous CEO actively blocked C4 raises.
[*]Ministry officials reportedly told staff to handle it internally.
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